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1) Nightwork
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"Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached. Still, he...
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New York Times Bestseller!
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.
"Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating." – Stephen King
"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation." – Adrian
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A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrators and the victims.
What drives a person to murder their sister, mother, or daughter? What is life like in a society in which women are imprisoned for their own "protection," while their potential killers walk free?
In this powerful and affecting book, writer and journalist Lene Wold offers a rare window into the world of "honor killings"-the...
4) Baaghi
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An Urdu television serial. "Based on the famous, controversial Pakistani figure Qandeel Baloch who was murdered by her brother in the name of honor in July 2016"--www.wikipedia.org.
5) Speechless
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A'isha Nasir is a Nigerian teenager who has been charged with adultery and sentenced to death. Sophie MacNeil is an ambitious young Canadian journalist who writes an impassioned article about A'isha's plight. The article sets off waves of outrage and violence, and puts Sophie's life under threat.
7) Bliss
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Based on the acclaimed novel by Zülfü Livaneli and set amidst Turkey’s natural wonders, Bliss is a riveting tale about love, honor, freedom and redemption. When a 17-year-old girl, Meryem, is found unconscious and disheveled by the side of a lake, her family believes the worst – that her chastity has been lost. To uphold the family honor they turn to an ancient moral code that condemns Meryem to death. A distant cousin, Cemal, is ordered to...
13) Honor: a novel
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"The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other"--Provided by publisher.
16) A regular woman
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"Aynur, a German woman of Turkish descent, struggles for a free, self-determined life in the face of her family's opposition. Her brothers insult and threaten her, until she finally reports her oldest brother to the police"--From www.imdb.com.
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To celebrate the Order of Canada's fiftieth anniversary in 2017, the Rideau Hall Foundation commissioned this book with the aim of encouraging Canadians to learn about some of the remarkable individuals who have garnered this prestigious award. Although this book captures only fifty of their stories, it is a reflection of the inspiration all Order of Canada members bestow upon Canadians.
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On the morning of June 30, 2009, police in Kingston, Ontario, made a ghastly discovery: four females dead in a car submerged in a shallow canal. Sisters Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, Geeti Shafia, 13, along with Rona Mohammad Amir, 50, floated almost serenely inside the car, seemingly the victims of a terrible accident. That morning, Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba and their son, Hamed, arrived at the Kingston police station to report the four...
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